The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-19


Welaia and Lake railway, in the Nashua
| and Satsuma district, of Putnam county
! has been completed, and while it is longer
than the old route, will open section Of
country that will greatly benefit the road ii
the matter of freights when completed
On last Saturday night thief broke one
of the glasses in the front window of j. L.
| Kirkpatrick's store, at Green Cove Spring
and, having entered, helped himself to a
variety Of expensive goods valued at about
| $75. AS yet no clue has been found by
| which the identity of the thief may be ascer-
| tanned.
1t is quite probable now that final agree
ment will be rerched by the st. Johns and
Halifax and the st. Augustine and Palatka
railways, and the right of way granted them
at the Tuesday evenings meeting of the
Palatka City Council. Just as soon as this
| is granted, unless something else hangs fire,
the construction of the bridge will be com
menced.
At last Fernandina has an artesian well
which demonstrates that pure and good
water can be obtained by driving wells in
the city. The well at the creosOte works is
| pronounced satisfactory to all parties. A
| 6-inch pipe discharges an immense volume
of water under such pressure as it now has.
| The water has the usual taste of artesian
waters throughout the State.
A small dwelling at Green Cove Spring,
owned by Howard Taylor, caught on fire
Monday, but the fire was extinguished
by the active exertions of several persons
who were near by at the time. The build
| ing is near several large dwellings, and a
| serious contiagratlon might have occurred
If assistance had not been rendered so
promptly to the inmates of the house.
DR.. King Wylly, of Sanford, President of
| the Florida Health Protective Association,
10 iY1I Not ngyyill mill b,
the Alachua county Board of Health to co
operate with them in protecting the State
from contagion. The doctors object is to
raise sufficient money to maintain a strict
| coast quarantine, and by doing that is our
only way to keep free from the fever, which
IS now on the increase at Key West.
The jacksonville Tampa and Key West
| Railway Company is to build steamer for
the passenger and freight traffic on the St.
Johns river, This steamer will be side
wheel $50 feet long by % feet beam, with
ample accommodations for passengers and
freight, and will cost 800, 900, more or less.
The steamer will be built by Mr. T. T. Whit
more, the master bridge-builder of the Jack
sonville, Tampa and Key West railway.
United States Marshal Bird left Jackson
vile yesterday for Enterprise, where he
goes to bring back George jackson and Eu-
gene Walstein, arrested on Thursday in En-
terprise by Deputy Sheriff j. r. Turner of
NOlusia county. jackson and Walsten,
both negroes broke into the postofTice at
Enterprise, and stole a quantity of postage
stamps together with some cash These
two men were suspected and placed under
arrest at once, when they acknowledged the
crime, and returned most of the property
stolen.
At Green Cove Spring a small stream of
water seems disposed to FIND its way to the
surface as an off-shOt from the principal
sulphur spring in the Spring park A little
jet of water bubbles up from the bottom of
the large bathing pool used by the men, but
the flow is not sufficient to make an impress
sion on the surface of the water. Divers
have taken out several pieces of fossilized
bone and wood, which have been brought
up by the jet of water, which has affected
no change, however, in the sand at the bot
tom of the pool
About two weeks ago two German la
borers came to T. A. Darby's saw mill at
Devils Elbow, and applied for work, saying
that they were out of money and had moth
ing to eat. Mr.. Darby did not particularly
need the men, though he gave them employ
ment i'll order to assist them. The first week
one of them was careleSsly fooling around q
saw and had his foot cut, not seriously, but
enough to incapacitate him from work. Fri
day the other man had his hand caught and
carried up to the saws, and so badly LAGER
ated that amputation was necessary.
Bryant jackson, worthy colored man,
was shot by William Reed, colored, at
Okahumka, on last Monday evening. Only
one shot was fired, which struck Jackson
i'll the mouth, knocking out several teeth
and inficting a painful wound but not CON
sidered dangerous by physicians. The
wounded man was brought to Sumterville,
where he is receiving proper treatment.
Reed wanted to borrow money from Jack
son, which the latter refused to let him
have, and at this Reed became enraged and
commenced firing, with the above result
Thursday the Supreme Court of the State
of Florida reversed the decision of Circuit
Judge Mcclellan, in the ex parte case of
James s. Martini Martini had been SEN
fenced by the Pensacola City Police Court
to work on the streets, in expiration of an
offence of which he stood convicted. His
counsel, Tucker & Thompson, denied the
right of a municipal court to sentence a
prisoner to labor, and went before Judge
Mcclellan with the case. Judge Mcclellan
affirmed the decree of the municipal court,
aud the case was taken to the Supreme
Court with the result as above stated.
The railroad will probably build bridge
across the river at Smyrna and make their
eastern terminus on the sea beach and To-
cate their turntables there 1t is thought
that as soon as the road is built across a
town will spring up for the land at Smyrna
| is practically ont Of the market, as the own
ers have placed exorbitant prices upon it,
A summer res )rt at this point would be sec
ond to none in the State, and Messrs. Austin
| d Lancaster are fortunate in securing the
land they did on the beach. The railroad
company will, no doubt, build hotel, and
| have everything in working order by anoth-
| er seasons business.
Fernandina is very much displeased at
the advance in lumber freight rates made
| by the Florida Railway and Navigation
! Company to appease Jacksonville's diSsatis.
| faction. The Fernandina Mirror alludes to
the matter thus: Jacksonville has many
warm friends in Fenandina, and our PEG
| pie patronize her merchants literally The
| Mirror would call their attention to the fact
| that our people are not willing to lick the
hands of those who smite them They have
! daily connection with Savannah, anil
might possibly avail themselves of the
| superior advantages offered by that city in
| the way of trade"
Andrew J. Canova of Palatka has an Indian
pumpkin vine growing in his garden The
seed of this vine were sent Mr.. Canova by
Johnny Billy, an Indian who lives in Royal
Palm Hammock, ON the western border of
the Everglades Mr.. Canova, who has been
all through that country, says that this is til 9
native pumpkin and that the vines run up
on trees and grow very uXuriantly, the
pumpkin hanging among the branches of